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Just finished the first year here. Amazing difference from the regional world and Envoy. Flew to Honolulu on the 2nd, and am heading back to Vegas tomorrow. Then I have a week of paid long call in Vegas, racking up Hilton points and seeing the sights. Man, life is good.

Sorry DaDouche.... AA just ain’t a better lifestyle at all. I do no more than 8 legs a month with my RON time off in Vegas or Honolulu... I’m on permanent vacation. Never have a trip with less than two nights sleep after a single flight.

Once the kid kid is out of school, the wife and he are coming to work with me. We get the Vegas hotel the whole duty block, even the days we’re in Honolulu, so if I can’t get them on both the flights out and back, they can just stay in Vegas the 2-4 days. A few other guys do the same with their families.

Anybody flying into Vegas this week, give me a shout.

PS - But we do have in range calls for 25-35 wheelchairs on each flight it seems....

Most junior B767 CA upgrade now 1 year 9 months. Then it’s $225 as a junior CA. 12 year CA is $297.
Im 35 guys away from the most junior CA. Time to start studying it looks like.

Got my schedule for next month. 17 days. First and last are reserve days. 8 flights in the middle 15 days. 13 hard days off and 2 reserve days at home, for 15 at home total. Between flights are days off in either Las Vegas or Honolulu. My schedule always has two nights sleep after each flight. Yep, I’m on permanent paid vacation. Love my “job.”

Most junior B767 CA upgrade now 1 year 9 months. Then itís $225 as a junior CA. 12 year CA is $297.
Im 35 guys away from the most junior CA. Time to start studying it looks like.

Got my schedule for next month. 17 days. First and last are reserve days. 8 flights in the middle 15 days. 13 hard days off and 2 reserve days at home, for 15 at home total. Between flights are days off in either Las Vegas or Honolulu. My schedule always has two nights sleep after each flight. Yep, Iím on permanent paid vacation. Love my ďjob.Ē

The real question is do you miss the AA sugar water spout that was hanging in front of your face always seeming to be at the same distance from your whiskers no matter how fast you ran the Envoy wheel ?

The real question is do you miss the AA sugar water spout that was hanging in front of your face always seeming to be at the same distance from your whiskers no matter how fast you ran the Envoy wheel ?

Nope. I routinely compare my schedules and stuff with guys that flowed around the time I came here. I also compare with a few guys who flowed well before me. The only guys with a possibly better deal are the ones living in Base. I say possibly because they still work way more flights than I do. I fly one leg and then have two nights in that city, rinse and repeat going the other direction. My earliest departure is 9am, my latest arrival is 1030pm. Guys commuting are away from home more than me, often commuting on days off and buying their own hotel or crashpad.
As for missing Envoy? You must be joking.

Nope. I routinely compare my schedules and stuff with guys that flowed around the time I came here. I also compare with a few guys who flowed well before me. The only guys with a possibly better deal are the ones living in Base. I say possibly because they still work way more flights than I do. I fly one leg and then have two nights in that city, rinse and repeat going the other direction. My earliest departure is 9am, my latest arrival is 1030pm. Guys commuting are away from home more than me, often commuting on days off and buying their own hotel or crashpad.
As for missing Envoy? You must be joking.

OMG puhleeeze! Enough of your mindless banter about how *&^% great your job is. We know it is just Little Man's Disease manifesting itself in your posts about your employer since you aren't big enough to fly AA metal.

OMG puhleeeze! Enough of your mindless banter about how *&^% great your job is. We know it is just Little Man's Disease manifesting itself in your posts about your employer since you aren't big enough to fly AA metal.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but AA is not the best job out there anymore. Everybody seems to know that except you. Your brainwashing is obvious, either that or you just can’t get a job elsewhere. Which is it?

I’ll take my no stress job and lifestyle over the abuse of AAG any day. Another thing, in our segment of the industry we don’t even have any real competition.

OMG puhleeeze! Enough of your mindless banter about how *&^% great your job is. We know it is just Little Man's Disease manifesting itself in your posts about your employer since you aren't big enough to fly AA metal.

“Big” enough to fly AA metal ? LOL !

I’ve met that standard and from my POV, size has nothing to do with it. “AA metal” is no different then any other metal..........well, unless you consider compensation, QWL and treatment, then in that case AA metal is actually that which requires something quite small.

Which, of course is why you are suited for it. Now, if you really want metal that requires something “big”, one need not look further then the E-175, the crown jewel of Envoy. It takes some BIG stones to fly that bird, yes ?

Nope. I routinely compare my schedules and stuff with guys that flowed around the time I came here. I also compare with a few guys who flowed well before me. The only guys with a possibly better deal are the ones living in Base. I say possibly because they still work way more flights than I do. I fly one leg and then have two nights in that city, rinse and repeat going the other direction. My earliest departure is 9am, my latest arrival is 1030pm. Guys commuting are away from home more than me, often commuting on days off and buying their own hotel or crashpad.
As for missing Envoy? You must be joking.

2 of 3. They’re getting ready to put the Rockwell Flat Screen panel conversion displays in the 200’s first, then the Sentinel birds. Gen pop 300’s get the panel upgrades last. I get the non-cpdlc bird on the Vegas flying pretty often. Here’s what the panel mod looks like.

2 of 3. They’re getting ready to put the Rockwell Flat Screen panel conversion displays in the 200’s first, then the Sentinel birds. Gen pop 300’s get the panel upgrades last. I get the non-cpdlc bird on the Vegas flying pretty often. Here’s what the panel mod looks like.

Off since the 23rd and don’t go back until May 12th.... no vacation time used either. Happens almost every month over transition if you bid right... next month best I can do is 14 straight off though, except I will use a little vacation to dump the first trip.
Used to get excited at Eagle to get 7-8 days off together over transition.......... now, that would be a bad month.

I’m living the dream, I go to work/vacation for two weeks doing 6-8 flights total with all my off time in either Vegas or Honolulu.... and they PAY ME exceptionally well for it... LOL.
Then I’m off 2-4 weeks with the family taking them on their vacation. I just don’t work anymore.
You’ll have to come visit sometime Ardvark. You’re welcome to stay in our downstairs apartment/in-law. Wait another week until the pool is open....

AA under PBS has average line construction values in the low 80 hour range. Thatís 1000 hours flying/year just like Envoy. Regular scheduling abuse just like a Envoy. Reserves flying most days in most statuses (except Group IV) just like Envoy. AA IS Envoy just with bigger jets.

AA under PBS has average line construction values in the low 80 hour range. That’s 1000 hours flying/year just like Envoy. Regular scheduling abuse just like a Envoy. Reserves flying most days in most statuses (except Group IV) just like Envoy. AA IS Envoy just with bigger jets.

Wow, that blows. I flew 36 hours this month for $12k
Spent my off time in Vegas and Honolulu....
My lookback shows just under 200 hrs block for the past 12 months.
before I started Bidding Vegas-Honolulu I did General Population (GenPop) for 9 months. Only averaged 8-25 hours a month doing that